Dante Cesarman

SBVC Human Ecology

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
261 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

7.0

plastic bottles

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

60

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

20

gallons of water

have been saved

Dante's actions

Action Track: Building Resilience

Tend a Garden

I will tend to a garden, or prepare for one, each day using sustainable gardening practices.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Energy

Turn it off

I will keep lights, electronics, and appliances turned off when not using them.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Transportation

Walk Instead

I will walk 1 mile(s) each day instead of driving and avoid sending up to (___) lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Water

5-Minute Showers

I will save up to 20 gallons (75 L) of water each day by taking 5-minute showers.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Health

Audit Toxic Cleaning Products

I will spend 30 minutes researching toxic chemicals found in cleaning supplies and personal care products and remove them from my home or dorm room.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Simplicity

Needs Vs. Wants

I will adopt a "Needs Vs. Wants" approach and only buy things I need.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Weekly Meal Planning

I will reduce food waste and save money by planning a weekly menu, only buying the ingredients I need.

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DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Advocate For More Food Packaging Options

I will advocate for alternatives to single-use packaging at local grocery stores, markets, at work, or on campus to reduce pollution in the environment and in local communities.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Waste

Use a Reusable Water Bottle

I will keep 2 disposable plastic bottle(s) from entering the waste stream by using a reusable water bottle.

COMPLETED 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

RESEARCH LOCAL WASTE SITES

I will spend 60 minutes finding out where landfills and/or toxic waste sites are situated in my region and which communities are most impacted by these sites.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Participant Feed

Reflection, encouragement, and relationship building are all important aspects of getting a new habit to stick.
Share thoughts, encourage others, and reinforce positive new habits on the Feed.

To get started, share “your why.” Why did you join the challenge and choose the actions you did?

REFLECTION QUESTION
Action Track: Building Resilience Tend a Garden

Have you ever had a significant experience in nature that altered your perspective or focus? If so, please describe it.

Dante Cesarman 4/26/2022 11:46 PM

While growing up I saw a park located near my house slowly decayed and was filled with the trash left by people. I also saw as many efforts were made to clean but ended up being futile as people kept littering every time the trash was picked up.

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- Briana Lay 5/01/2022 3:33 PM
  
  Hi Dante, Very unfortunate that your efforts got disregarded from other people's actions. Regardless you did a great thing for our environment and I hope you continue to do so because your actions will get appreciated more.
  
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- Ariana Ariana 4/27/2022 7:05 PM
  
  Hi Dante,
  How did you feel after seeing that? Personally, I would have felt bad and also frustrated by noticing the intention of "I want to change this situation" but in the end, just one and then many other people doing the same action of not picking up their trash brings back that old habit and not the progress of keeping the area clean.
  
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REFLECTION QUESTION
Energy Turn it off

How is electricity generated where you live? How does it impact the environment, animals, and humans?

Dante Cesarman 4/26/2022 11:45 PM

Conventional Hydroelectric. It does not pollute or air but it changes the environment and affects land use which can disturb habitats.

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- Eva Santoyo 5/06/2022 3:58 PM
  
  It is unfortunate that we have no sustainable energy sources that don't affect our environment.
  
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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Weekly Meal Planning

An average American throws out about 240 lbs of food per year. The average family of four in the US spends $1,500 a year on food that they throw out. Does this surprise you? Where would you rather use this money?

Dante Cesarman 4/15/2022 1:44 AM

The monetary amount does surprise me but the fact that a lot of food is wasted doesn't. I believe this money could be better spent investing in local projects or saving up to have a better economical safety net. I've saved some money by meal prepping and buying in bulk which at first made me think that it would be more expensive as I had to buy big amounts of food at once but considering how much time I save on trips to the store and how much food I've stopped from being thrown away it's been cheaper on the long run.

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- Ariana Ariana 4/15/2022 6:31 PM
  
  Hi Dante!
  
  It does surprise me as well the amount of money that an average family of four in the US spends on food that in the end they throw out. Weekly meal planning is definitely something that I'm willing to start doing to save money, stop throwing big amounts of food and also save trips to the market store. Sometimes we are not conscious of the daily habits we do that can accumulate and end up with more than $100 wasted!
  
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REFLECTION QUESTION
Transportation Walk Instead

Half of all trips made in the US are three miles or less; 72% of them are driven. Does this statistic describe your own transportation habits? If so, how might you incorporate more muscle-powered transportation in your daily life?

Dante Cesarman 4/15/2022 1:41 AM

This statistic is used to reflect my own transportation habits as I have implemented walking into my everyday schedule. Whenever I need to go somewhere I take into account the amount of time that it would take me to get to that place and prepare ahead of time so I can walk instead of drive or uber to the location.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Water 5-Minute Showers

Name some of the human activities impacting the health of water systems, both locally (your watershed) and globally (freshwater and oceans). What can you do to improve the health of water systems?

Dante Cesarman 4/08/2022 3:55 PM

The overuse of water in homes as well as the pollution done to public water sites. Raising consciousness could improve the health of water systems as well as improve the sanitation of both public and private water systems.

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- Yvette Renteria-Arreola 4/09/2022 10:34 PM
  
  Hello Dante, I also agree with you that water sometimes is indeed overused and not really taken care of. I also believe if more information is given and educating ourselves more in how to protect this super important resource which is water.
  -Yvette.
  
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REFLECTION QUESTION
Waste Use a Reusable Water Bottle

While water bottles are needed for health and safety in certain places, we can do more to reduce the unnecessary use of them. What are the barriers to you using reusable bottles and tap water instead of bottled water? How could you make this a permanent habit?

Dante Cesarman 4/08/2022 3:52 PM

The location of where I can refill my water and the quality of the water is what had kept me from it the most but I've been using 2 reusable water bottles for the last week and just filling them both before I leave my house has sufficed for my everyday activities. I can see this becoming a permanent habit as long as a keep up the discipline to use the reusable water bottles and fill them before I leave home.

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- Christian Perez 4/10/2022 4:51 PM
  
  Hey Dante i have also bought reusable water bottles and taken those to work because before i would get thirsty at work and just buy water bottles from the vending machine but now i just take a reusable bottle to work instead.
  
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- Nordia Rendon 4/09/2022 6:59 PM
  
  Hi Dante, definitely the availability of where we can refill our reusable bottle and the quality of tap water either in college or at work is what occasionally leads me to buy bottled water. Instead of using two reusable bottles I carry a large bottle that normally last me until I find the next water station or get home. Since, summer is coming along I might have to carry two bottles, a large one and a small one, so I don't have to buy one. Thanks for the idea.
  
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REFLECTION QUESTION
Waste RESEARCH LOCAL WASTE SITES

In what neighborhoods or areas of your region are landfills or other waste sites located? Which communities are most affected by these locations?

Dante Cesarman 4/08/2022 3:49 PM

850 Tropica Rancho Rd, 1/2 Mi W of La Cadena, Colton, CA 92324. Communities near the waste site suffer due to sanitation.

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